These brilliant and bright shooting stars will streak across the heavens during a waxing crescent moon. And this makes for perfect viewing conditions with no bright moonlight drowning out the meteor event.
If you are viewing away from city lights in good weather, as many as 20 to 30 shooting stars per hour may be visible.
Planets line dance in the sky
From March 24 to April 5 predawn viewers should look for Venus, Mars, and Saturn to cluster into a triangle. If the weather is good they should be visible near the horizon in the southeastern skies. And every morning the bright planets shift positions.
The planets will form an ever-changing triangle after April 1. The planet trio then forms into a straight line. Saturn and Mars almost touch on April 4th. And they will be separated by only half a degree of an arc about the width of the full moon.
Then on April 30 and May 1 expect a Venus and Jupiter conjunction. Jupiter moves higher into the southeastern sky each day just before dawn. Jupiter is set to approach the brilliant light of the planet Venus. On April 30th the two worlds will look almost like one. The planet pair should be visible at the same time through binoculars and telescopes. And if you look to the upper right in the sky Mars and Saturn are visible.
